My fear is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for...

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for...

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do...

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do...

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out...

I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out...

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.